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Distressed sports slab
Sporty Grunge
Sporty Grunge is a distressed sports slab in off-white on a dark brick wall: heavy caps with flat tops and thick slabs, the surface eaten by a coarse speckle, a slight arch on the second line, and a tracked caption in a rounded label beneath.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Fine grain and micro-texture excel in 300 DPI print, sublimation, and screen print rather than small vinyl weeding.
Plotter & output verdictPrint, DTF & Sublimation First
Recommended minimum scalePrint any scale · Vinyl 2.2 in+
Character set & structureUppercase, Lowercase & Numerals
OpenType & PUA accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Sporty Grunge.
The two words are stacked and the drawing is a college slab at heavy weight: the serifs are blocks, the tops are flat, and the counters are wide, which keeps the face readable at a distance even with the wear applied. The distress is coarse and even, so the letters read as a spray-painted stencil on brick rather than as a filter, and the second line carries a slight arch which is a setting choice rather than part of the face. Because the texture eats the edges, the face works best at large sizes and in one colour, and the specimen sets the words big on a dark wall with a single caption. The rounded label beneath is the only light element, and it holds the description in tracked caps so the display keeps its weight.
Sporty, distressed, bold, athletic
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Sporty Grunge with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Sporty Grunge + Handmade Calligraphy
Adds a warm human signature touch for 1-to-3-word callouts without competing against structured serif capitals.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Sporty Grunge’s stroke geometry.
Banner for a college game
A distressed slab reads as painted signage at a stadium, and the heavy letters survive on vinyl where a fine display would lose its edges.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print 1,200 by 500 mm: the team at 170 mm cap height, the fixture in a 34 mm sans, and a 6 mm border. Keep 30 mm margins and leave 40 mm between the words and the details so the wear never touches the small type.
Pre-production check
Check the banner at six metres, where the speckle can thin the letters; keep the weight heavy. Confirm the 34 mm fixture reads at four metres and that the border clears the eyelets.
Shirt graphic for a gym
A distressed athletic face prints as one screen and looks worn in the right way, which suits a gym better than a clean corporate mark.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 260 mm chest graphic: the gym at 55 mm cap height, the year at 18 mm, and one ink on a dark shirt. Keep the thinnest stroke at 4 mm so the screen holds and place the graphic 80 mm below the collar.
Pre-production check
Check the screen at actual mesh, where the distress can clog the mesh; simplify the texture for fabric. Wash-test one shirt and confirm the year stays legible after five cycles.
Poster for a sports party
A distressed athletic face sets the theme immediately, and the heavy letters read across a room where a decorated face would look out of place.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 portrait: the greeting at 120 mm cap height, the details in a 16 mm slab, and a 5 mm rule. Keep 30 mm margins and print one ink on a dark ground so the wear reads as spray.
Pre-production check
Check the poster at five metres, where the arch can make the second line look crooked; keep the arch consistent. Confirm the 16 mm details read at three metres and that the rule clears the wear.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Distressed sports slab
- Foundry / creator
- SVG Cuttables
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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